Total Study Time: 6 Hours
⏳ Study Plan Breakdown
| Time Slot | Activity | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 AM – 7:30 AM | Quick Review of Formulas & Shortcuts | 30 mins |
| 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM | Revise Percentages + Profit & Loss (Concepts + Examples) | 1.5 hrs |
| 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM | Break | 15 mins |
| 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM | Revise Time-Speed-Distance + Averages (Concepts + Examples) | 1.5 hrs |
| 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM | Break | 15 mins |
| 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Solve Previous Year Questions (PYQs) | 2 hrs |
📚 Step-by-Step Plan
1️⃣ 7:00 AM – 7:30 AM: Formula & Shortcut Review (30 mins)
- Memorize essential formulas for Percentages, Profit-Loss, Time-Speed-Distance, Averages
- Revise shortcut techniques for quick calculations
- Example: Percentage Increase-Decrease Trick
- 20% Increase → Multiply by 1.2
- 30% Decrease → Multiply by 0.7
📌 Material: Self-made notes or any standard CSAT book (e.g., R.S. Aggarwal, Arun Sharma)
2️⃣ 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM: Revise Percentages + Profit & Loss (1.5 hrs)
📝 Concepts to Cover
✔ Percentages
- Fraction-Percentage Equivalents (½ = 50%, ⅓ = 33.33%)
- Successive Percentage Change Formula
- Percentage Change in Population, Discount, Marked Price
✔ Profit & Loss
- Cost Price (CP), Selling Price (SP), Marked Price (MP)
- Discount & Successive Discounts
- Profit/Loss Percentage Calculations
🔹 Practice Examples
✅ If the price of an article is increased by 20% and then decreased by 10%, what is the final change?
✅ A shopkeeper marks an article 25% above the cost price and gives a discount of 10%. What is his profit percentage?
📌 Material: CSAT PYQs + NCERT Class 9-10 Maths
3️⃣ 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM: Revise Time-Speed-Distance + Averages (1.5 hrs)
📝 Concepts to Cover
✔ Time-Speed-Distance
- Relationship: Speed = Distance / Time
- Average Speed Formula
- Relative Speed for Trains, Boats & Streams
✔ Averages
- Sum = Average × Number of Items
- Weighted Averages, Moving Averages
🔹 Practice Examples
✅ A car travels 60 km in 2 hours and another 40 km in 1 hour. What is its average speed?
✅ A person covers a distance of 200 km in 5 hours with different speeds. Find the missing speed.
📌 Material: NCERT Class 10 Maths + CSAT Books
4️⃣ 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Solve PYQs (Previous Year Questions) (2 hrs)
🎯 Task: Solve 30+ PYQs from last 10 years
- 15 Questions on Percentages & Profit-Loss
- 10 Questions on Time-Speed-Distance
- 5 Questions on Averages
✔ Solve questions in exam conditions (set timer)
✔ Identify mistakes & learn from solutions
✔ Focus on elimination technique (Use options smartly)
📌 Material: UPSC CSAT PYQs (Vision IAS / Insights IAS / Previous Year Papers)
📌 Summary of the Day
✅ Percentages & Profit-Loss: Revised formulas + solved 10-15 problems
✅ Time-Speed-Distance & Averages: Revised concepts + solved 10-15 problems
✅ PYQs: Solved 30+ questions & analyzed mistakes
✅ Prepared short notes on tricky questions
💡 Final Tip: Before sleeping, revise key formulas & mistakes from today. 📝✨
🚀 Stay Consistent & Keep Practicing! 🔥